Seagate aims to launch 50TB HAMR hard drives in 2027
Heat-assisted magnetic recording is now a tried and tested storage solution
Perplexity brings its Personal Computer AI agent to Windows
Perplexity's Personal Computer is now available on Windows after debuting on macOS earlier this year. The new desktop experience can work across your local files, apps, Microsoft 365, and the web, allowing it to automate tasks, create documents, and streamline everyday workflows.
Online fraud is a $150 billion nightmare for Americans, but most crimes go unreported
Crypto scams still reign supreme, while AI is making criminals' life easier
Microsoft Office is down to $29 for a lifetime license
TL;DR: If you're looking for a powerful productivity suite without paying for any monthly subscriptions, Office 2021 is now available for just $29. All the essentials you need for work or personal projects at 80% off the regular price.
Dust off those Nintendo 64 cartridges: M64 brings classic games back to your TV
From the co-founder of Oculus
Google's Pixel 11 teaser hints at a mysterious new light around the camera bar
Leaks reveal the Pixel 11's storage, battery, and pricing ahead of its August 12 debut
This smart ring can measure your blood sugar using sweat, no needles required
Beyond glucose, the ring tracks ketones, alcohol, and other biomarkers
Samsung is locking in five-year chip deals as AI demand shows no signs of slowing
Samsung's chip business is booming, but its phone division just posted its first loss
Keychron wants to bring open-source firmware to gaming mice
Keychron is building QMK for mice, and it's calling it ZGM
Europe is preparing to hit Roblox and ChatGPT with its strictest platform rules
The EU wants more transparency, stronger child protections, and fewer excuses from two of the internet's biggest platforms
Xbox keeps sinking while Microsoft's AI business keeps soaring
Azure revenue crossed $100 billion for the first time
Study shows excessive time online is associated with stress, bad moods, and abandoning enjoyable activities
Temporary pleasure and relief may make excessive internet use harder to resist
A missing underscore in a username sent an innocent man to prison for 18 months
Investigators found no evidence linking him to the case, but he was convicted anyway
Microsoft still doesn't know why the Xbox outage stopped physical games from working
Microsoft says its licensing system was never meant to block physical games
Hugging Face's CEO isn't suing OpenAI over the AI hack, he wants $100 million in compute instead
He also argues the incident should be treated as an industry-wide problem, not a single company's failure
The latest Microsoft Office 2024 Pro suite is now $55 in this limited-time deal
Unlock your productivity with the latest versions of Word, Excel, and Outlook
These fake download websites look real and rank high on Google, until they swap the links for malware
The operation has run for nearly a year, impersonating 72 popular Windows tools to steal crypto and passwords
A hot potato: The developer behind popular Windows optimization tool Wintoys has uncovered a sophisticated cybercrime operation that mimics dozens of popular Windows apps through duplicate websites built to look uncannily like the real thing. The fraudulent sites reportedly distribute malware capable of compromising user privacy, hijacking account credentials, and draining crypto wallets.
The Neo Geo AES is coming back, right down to real cartridge support
Just like in the good old days, Neo Geo is providing arcade authenticity to affluent gamers
The US just banned Chinese humanoid robots and power inverters over security fears
The ban is expected to hit Unitree, Sungrow, and Huawei hardest
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MORE RAM
Minecraft gets new system requirements after 17 years
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DATA CENTER
Nvidia is challenging 20 years of datacenter CPU design with new Vera chip
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GRAPHENEOS
US prosecutors charge man after phone wipes itself during airport search
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AI BOOM
California's largest AI data center is suing for access to 287 million gallons of river water
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DENUVO FAIL
007 First Light removes DRM just two months after launch
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HARDWARE
Intel is reversing course and bringing hyper-threading back to its server chips
Samsung's passport-style Galaxy Z Fold 8 design is winning over reviewers
The new Galaxy Z Fold 8 is drawing early praise for ditching the tall, narrow foldable formula in favor of a shorter, wider "passport" shape that is easier to use one-handed when closed, and better suited to video watching when open. At 201g, Samsung says it's also the lightest Fold model yet.
GrapheneOS says its data-wiping "duress" password is perfectly legal, after user faces federal charges
Get Off My Phone: The recently unveiled case brought by the US Department of Justice against a GrapheneOS user is rekindling debate around privacy and effective operational security on mobile devices. The GrapheneOS Foundation has joined that debate, reaffirming some key points about the operating system's security features and whether previously deleted data can ever be recovered.
Logitech to ship mice with replaceable batteries in Europe only, following Nintendo
Logitech thinks less repairability is good, actually
In brief: EU regulations will soon require more devices to feature replaceable batteries, prompting some manufacturers to comply in advance. However, tech companies are adopting new repairability standards only where required by law, with Logitech arguing that limiting repairability is in users' best interests.
EU will require companies to label AI-generated content starting Sunday
TikTok, Meta, and Google are already adapting to the EU's new AI labeling requirements
Framework Laptop 13 Pro reviews: Premium modular computing comes at a cost
The Framework Laptop 13 Pro has earned strong early reviews for pairing a premium all-metal chassis, longer battery life, and Intel Panther Lake performance with its signature repairable, upgradeable design. Reviewers praise it as Framework's most refined laptop yet, though its premium price, warm-running CPU, and average display remain common criticisms.
AI firms are quietly buying and destroying millions of printed books to train their models
Demand for older print books is surging as AI firms look for human-written content free from AI-generated text
United and Delta are banning humanoid robots from flights
The ban centers on lithium battery limits, not the robots themselves, the airlines say
Apple Upgrade now lets you lease iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Watches, starting at $18/month
The program is powered by Klarna, the buy-now-pay-later company
4GB GPUs might return with AMD's Radeon RX 9050
The RAM crisis drags gaming back to 2022
OpenAI's rogue AI agent did more than hack Hugging Face – it compromised accounts across four services
The model spent more than four days loose on the internet
Apple is the most valuable company in the world, again
Apple overtakes Nvidia as investors seek safety from AI stock volatility
Hundreds of shared Claude chats, including resumes and health details, showed up in Google search
The same issue previously affected shared conversations from ChatGPT and Grok
Microsoft explains what caused the Xbox outage and how it plans to prevent it from happening again
The road to an all-digital future is full of potholes
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